Xp Killed With Partition Magic

[raro]

okok....no comments on backups please.... ...this post has been written while I was performing the steps below on the other comp. Read it now as a how-to

There are two remaining problems in the bottom of this post, help is much appreciated!

Following configuration: HDD 0 has drives C: D: E:

There USED to be a Linux partition that is no longer there, however the boot menu still pops up upon start-up. As the comp is running 24/7 I never really bothered.

C: is rather small and contains nothing but the operating system.

C: ran out of space, so I decided to run Partition Magic, a program that on my comp never failed to do what it is supposed to do, snip a bit off E:, move E: to the right, D: a bit to the right and extend C:

Reboot the comp and it says "error 22".

Run Partition Magic Rescue CD, no avail.

Run the XP Installation CD - it does not detect an existing installation (which I hoped for repair) but goes straight into new installation. This works, so apparently Partition Magic performed the tasks (otherwise there would not be enough space...).

Upon reboot I get two XP Installations to chose from, and I choose the old one.

Partition Magic comes up and performs a batch task that gets aborted with error 1529, data mismatch.

Automatic reboot. Et voila! I get back into my old system.

But wait.....cannot press the start button or anyting in the bottom bar. Get only this error sound.

Restart again. Same propblem. Clean up disk C: (which is still full thanks to Bill's garbage can....)

Restart...same problem...the "plong" sound and I cannot click the start button or anything else on the bottom bar. Log off user, log in again, it works. Reproduced this 2 or 3 times.

And: How to get rid of this boot menu without screing up the system once again?

[Guest Reimar]

Normally you would have an file named Boot.ini at C:/ root! If you have, you can edit this file with Notepad and delete the menu entrees which you don't want!

And next time didn't use Partition Magic but Acronis Disk Director instead!

[raro]

thanks Reimar!

I deleted one of the XP entries and advise for Acronis heeded!

[RKASA]

error 22 sounds like the grub is mess up.  If you had a dual boot with linux it would BIOS would use that or LILO before ether the linux or windows if selected.  You can save it most likly, but I am not expert enough to know the commands you need.  Check in the forum of the linux distro you are were using and repair the loader.

[raro]

it was a grub error, indeed!

Anyways, the Linux partition had to give way to E: earlier as my music collection needed a new home...will try Linux again after added another HDD. There were other problems that would take this thread too ar off track.